Shoe.



l. S. ORR.

SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, I9I5.

Patmted J an. 2, 1917.

Inventor Witnesses Attrneys e2' STEVENS F @een fone ess/newline;

epplicaon filed Sepiemoer 192.5.

@Zi Q/riwm may concern: lizif l, alone; S. R12, a Cibiresiding at ruyolf Bracken and. Siete :infen'ed e new and usefollowing is s speci- Y uweer und. for die ,rvose ofv providing an. anti-slipping l5 ofi williconsrueivi-Im sucn ir Cnc pio'fe or will rem i elle article' ofassembled wili iooewezir.

2G is wii'glin lie prmfinee of 'the disclosure feuern :nul ro enhanceDerfaeins.

oi" 'pers and in the nacion hereinelier described 0 understoodeinboflimenlof lie ceiose. een be meele- :E is cleimecl, wihou:

nri of the invention. drawing-Figure 2i le elwei-ion. en ersil elleflevioe iiorm- Lliis application shows zne inveniori 'so rif slice; 3 isoverlapped' 50 :is shown ai.' dieoverleg)A i plaies P being by pri/ol;eenieni: .s i f @vee l sij". L, n 1 ireiereeig/ in elle roi Deo uson LSpeccatien of Letters E'aena.

AUGUSTA, KENT'UGKY.

f Patented Jun.. 2, Elvi'.

Serial No. 52241.

ends of 1elle oe plates 3 by ineens of pivo elements which may be rivets7. rl`he pistes und, G are providerlb with upright flanges 8 mlaip'ed toengage the edges or' the innin sole l, the flanges S terminating in lips9 disposed parallel to ille respective plates 3 and G und adapted tooverhang and engage the upper face of tlie protruding edge of the solel.- As indicated at l0, the auxiliary plates fl and. G turn upwardly asthey extend rearwardly. so es to cooperate properlj,7 with the upwardcurve of the solei is the lutter extenrls toward. the heel 16 of lieshoe 'iesireal buiv not of necessity, an auxilierj/ sole il muy be.interposed between the mei sole li and iilie plalSS 311ml G.

nient befQWcen the. constituent paris oi' "me proaector be .brouglruabout only with considerable (liiicuity. As a consequence; nf'lie'n bhegroector isasseinbled with e. shoe, es shown in Figs. .l and 2. noadcliionzil ineens, ordinarily, is required for holding tbe proecior inpiece lifter a time, however,

the rivets .f3 and 7 may become soinewlie; loose, under whichcircumstances it may be desirable to neil tlie'proi/ector to the sole oflie slioe. lilith this end in View, 'the toe plates are equigpefl wit iany desired number of `openings le, of any size, sindv posiionecl es maybe required, lie auxiliary plates 6 of elle protector being providedwith l5, openings le :mil l5 being ziele yin obvious manner', 5o receiveor oizlier securing elements whereby lie pref ec'or and 'zlie solo 1l,if 'lle latter used;

nien be attached Eo the main sole 'of 'libre siioe..

is "ro be observed ber. the protector forming they subject matter ofthis appli# caxion is so constituted that it may be acljusefl readily toaccommodate articles of fooiwear of dierenfb sizes. The main sole of liearticle of footwear will be adequziiely puroeeed, and, et lie same time,an' intisliyaping sui-fame will be presented.

This auxiliary sole llv preferablyis fashioned The sirueiure forming@the subjecgt metter invention,

' of forward plates adapted to he applied to the sole of a shoe and ofsnllieient length to extend nnhrolv'enl from the toe of a shoe, to theintermediate portion of the hall thereof. the forward ends of the platesbeing ein-ved toward eaeh other and being overlapped. the inner edges ofthe plates being spaeed apart to the, rear of the forward ends of theplates: a pivot element uniting the overlapped forward ends of theplates: and a pair of rear plates the forward ends of whieh areoverlapped npon the rear ends of the forward plates and pivoted theretofor lateral swinging movement. the rear eonformitv to the bending of thesole wherewith the strnetnre is assembled.

ln testimony that l elann the foregoing as my own. l have hereto atlixedin v signatnre 1n the presenee of two wltnesses.

JOHN STEVENS OBR.

Witnesses:

ll'lm, A. F1 NLD, Jon II` Baumann.

